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23 September 2019 /Minister for Foreign Affairs met with allies in the US Congress
Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, met with Members of the United States Congress, National Security Council and the State Department in Washington D.C. last week to d...
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12 September 2019 /First Arctic Council Working Group on Sustainable Development (SDWG) meeting in Iceland concluded
The first meeting of the Sustainable Development Working Group during Iceland’s Arctic Council Chairmanship brought together around 70 participants in Reykjavik and Ísafjörður on 10-12 September, repr...
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10 September 2019 /Thematic Conference on Strengths, Well-Being and Engagement of Youth in the Arctic
A thematic conference on Strengths, Well-Being and Engagement of Youth in the Arctic was held today at the National Museum of Iceland, in Reykjavik, in connection with the meeting of the Arctic ...
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09 September 2019 /Land restoration essential for mitigating the climate crisis - letter of intent signed
On 8 September 2019, Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, and Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Agency (UNEP), signed a le...
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04 September 2019 /U.S.-Icelandic Business Round Table on the Occasion of the Visit of Vice President Mike Pence to Iceland
Mr. Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States, and Mr. Gudlaugur Thór Thórðarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, led a round table discussion on strengthening commercial, scientific an...
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11 July 2019 /Iceland´s resolution on the situation in the Philippines approved in the UN Human Rights Council
The UN Human Rights Council today passed a resolution, tabled by Iceland, on the promotion and protection of human rights in the Philippines. The resolution expresses concern over allegations of human...
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28 June 2019 /Trade dialogue with the United States
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) and an interagency delegation from Iceland led by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs convened in Reykjavík on June 27, 2019, for a trade dialogue. Iceland ...
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24 June 2019 /Iceland supports campaign for equal rights of LGBTI+ people
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, has decided to donate USD 100,000 in funding to Free & Equal, the UN public information campaign aimed at promoting equal rights and fa...
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20 June 2019 /First meeting of Iceland's Arctic Council Chairmanship in Reykjanesbær
Iceland took over the Chairmanship of the Arctic Council in early May. The first Senior Arctic Official’s (SAO) executive meeting under the Icelandic Chairmanship was held on 18-19 June in Reykjanesbæ...
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11 June 2019 /Phone call between the Foreign Ministers of Iceland and Turkey
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson spoke today with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, regarding the arrival of the Turkish National F...
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10 June 2019 /Statement from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
The Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs can confirm that it has been in a communication with the Turkish authorities regarding the arrival of the Turkish National Football Team to Keflavik Internat...
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28 May 2019 /Iceland awarded the Womenomics Honorary Award
Iceland has been awarded the Womenomics Honorary Award for its contribution to gender equality. Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, received the award for Iceland’s pos...
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22 May 2019 /Annual Report: Foreign Affairs 2019
An English excerpt of Minister Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson‘s report on Foreign Affairs is now available. The Minister presented the report to the Althingi Parliament in late April. The entire repor...
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07 May 2019 /Iceland assumes Chairmanship of the Arctic Council
Iceland has assumed the Chairmanship of the Arctic Council and will lead the Council for two years. This morning, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, Guðlaugur Thór Thórdarson, received the gavel...
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13 April 2019 /Icelandic authorities welcome decision to declare the wordmark “Iceland” invalid
Icelandic authorities have welcomed the ruling by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) that the wordmark registration of “Iceland”, which had been registered in the European Union b...
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04 April 2019 /Information for UK nationals living in Iceland
It is possible that the United Kingdom will leave the European Union and the EEA without a withdrawal agreement on 12 April 2019. UK citizens who have their domicile registered in Iceland will be guar...
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22 March 2019 /Joint understanding on the application of the third energy package towards Iceland
Foreign Minister Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson and Commissioner Canete discussed on 20 March 2019 the EU Third Energy Package, taking into account the unique situation in Iceland as concerns renewable ene...
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07 March 2019 /Iceland leads a joint initiative calling on Saudi Arabia to improve its human rights situation
Today, Iceland led a group of countries at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, calling on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to improve the situation of human rights in the country. This is the first time th...
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26 February 2019 /Iceland pledges further support to humanitarian efforts in Yemen
The Human Rights Council opened its fortieth regular session in Geneva yesterday. Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Foreign Minister of Iceland, was among around 100 high-level dignitaries who presented stat...
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15 February 2019 /US Secretary of State visited Iceland
Trade, Arctic and security and defense were among the topics discussed at a lunch meeting between Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Foreign Minister of Iceland, and Michael Pompeo, US Secretary of State, in ...
